The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-07-07
IMPORTANT AFFAIRS
Considered nY ooMMIrrEKs.,
OF tAo city Council last Evening railroad

III .f4 ~ so
OF the City Council last Evenlng.. Railroad
improvements Contsmpiated..Ths List
aud Davenport. Loan. Paid .on..The
Electrical icompnn,'s Rights.
Tho Public Building WAS alive with
councilmen last evening, their presence
being demanded by calls Tor meetingu OF
committees to which they belonged.
There wore fise .of these meetingu held.
All were interesting, and considerable
important business was disposed Of.
The Finance Committee met in Clerk
Bowers office and examined the sixteenth
annual statement presented by Henry X.
List, Esqn Commissionerot the Loan ofls7l
(ths Lint and Davenport loan). This loan
was authorized by an ordinance passed
June 10, 1871, and duly ratified by tho
people, negotiating lean Of $3.50, 900 tor
the payment Of tho thon existing debts
and liabilities Of the city and for retiring
all the bonds Of tho city, except thoao Ia.
Bued under an ordinances passed Noyem-
Der q, 1860, and to create a sinking fund
for the redemption thereof. The bonds
bore interest at the rate Of "a per cent.
THE LOAN ALL rAtD.
During the year ending April 1, 1887,
forty-six honda OF this loan were called
in, paid and cancelled, and the loan
wiped out OF existence. Only 3i7 bonds
we're disposed Of at the start, instead Of
$50 as authorized by ordinance. They
were paid oil In tho following order: In
1872, IL bonds; 1873, 10; 2S74, 10, 1875,
10; 1876, 15; 1877, II; 1878, IS; 1870, 10 !;
1880, 20; 1881, 81; 1882, %; 1883. %; 1854 ,
20; 1885, rs; 1856, 80; 1887, 40. Each
bond was for $1,000. Mr.. List turned in
a balance Of $3.50 Al in closing his account,
and accompanying: bis report was csrti.
fcate OF Daniel Lamb, Treasurer OF the
Wheeling Savings Institution, for S52,-
555 IS, on which five dividends have been
paid, amounting to Sl2,S50 81, aud on
which other dividenda may DO declared.
The committee further cancelled the
bonds and agreed to recommend to Coun-
Gil that the balance returned by Mr.. List
be turned into the general treasury and
that the certificate be properly recorded.
RAILROAD MATTERS.
Following this q joint meeting OF the
Committees on Railroads and Ordinances
was held in the chamber OF the First
Branch. There wero present Meeers. Har'
rell, Tracy (also ON 0rdinances) Caldwell
lofty solicitor) Fsrrell, Delbruggc, Cruise
McGregot and Jaeger, (slso on ordi.
nances), OF the Railroad Committee, and
Messra. Dobbins, McKeown and Gavin, o.
the Ordinance Committee. Mr.. Dalbruggt
was made chairman Of tho joint commit
tee. ii+
The first matter taken up was the petit
ton Of the P, C.& st. L. P, W. & Ky
and Ohio River roade, asking permission
to enlarge the freight house and platforms
at the foot OF Fourteenth street, 10 feet Ia
length at the southern end aud 10 feet in
width on the western side. Accompany.
ing this was an ordinance amending the
ordinance passed. about four years ago al.
lowing sthe rebuilding and enlsraing 4 o!
the old freight house, by increasing the
dimensions named in that ordinance 10
feet as set forth above. The papers were
referred to the joint meeting by tho Firs!
Branch. Attorneys Hearne and White
and Agent Belleyille appeared before the
body and the changes we're explained.
A Recommendation to Council to adopt
the ordinance will be made. Mr.. Terrell
was the only one who opposed this. He
said that it h:d been inlimsted that the
rivermen were opposed to allowing q
widening the depot platform, fearing that
on eddy would be formed that would cut
into the Island bank and make navigation
about the creek, bar mora diificult than
ever. He wanted chance given the
rivermen to be heard. The committee
decided that they could be heard before
Council.
s- NEW ROUND HOUSE.
A petition from the Ohio River Com.
pany wss then taken up. It set forth
that this railroad company had purchased
oil OF the square bounded by Thirty
fourth, Thirty.6ilh, Market and Water
etreets, and two lots in the square Jus.
north of this; it is already cramped for
room in which to handle i,s rapidly grow
lllR uublllSbsl Will zig SAlSHEiuA Si WIS
road to Huntington, which will be com.
pleted by tho first OF the year, there will
be still further increase OF business. The
road proposes TO build an engine house,
turn.table. shops and other buildings on
the ground it has purchesed, and asked for
permission to run tracks from the main
track scrogs Water, Thirty.fourth and
Thirty-6fth utreeta into this property, and
to close up an alley that runs through its
property which can never bs of any use
to any orc. is;f}-Ia
Accompanying this was m ordinance
and plat OF the proposed tracks branch
| ing cut from the main line. Colonel
White. explained what was desired.
Colonel Caldwell objected 10 the manner
in which the ordinance was drawn up.
Mr.. Jaeger was suspicious OF evil conse.
quenCes to travel and surrounding prop.
erty. Other little, objections were inter
posed, and st the same time all declared
themselves in favor OF doing all that
wss possible to assist tho road in es.
tablishing works here. 1t was finally 70.
solved to postpone action until alter view.
ing the ground, which will BIO done OF 4
O'Clock this afternoon.
THE ELRcTRlcAL COMPANY.
After this tho Ordinance Committee
met and Hon. ALI. Caldwell. attorney for
the Wheeling Electrical Company, and